Design Inspiration

Gladstone Pottery Museum – An Unexpected Highlight on Our Journey Home

Gladstone Pottery Museum – An Unexpected Highlight on Our Journey Home

While returning home from Liverpool with friends Kim and Sally in May 2025, we made an impromptu stop at Gladstone Pottery Museum in Stoke-on-Trent. From towering bottle kilns and historic workshops to fascinating glaze archives, bathroom history and the story behind Britain's famous pottery industry, it became one of the highlights of the trip.

Inside Bees: A Story of Survival – An Inspiring Lesson in Exhibition Design

Inside Bees: A Story of Survival – An Inspiring Lesson in Exhibition Design

During our trip to Liverpool, Kim, Sally and I visited Bees: A Story of Survival, an immersive exhibition where art, science, light and design came together beautifully.

A Birthday Day Out, Grayson Perry and the Joy of Looking Closer

A Birthday Day Out, Grayson Perry and the Joy of Looking Closer

A birthday trip to Exeter Museum became much more than a visit to see a Grayson Perry exhibition. Through monumental tapestries, intricate etchings and extraordinary use of colour, I was reminded how creativity often begins with curiosity and the simple act of looking a little closer.